Epinions Recent Reviews for gw0143

Comfort Inn Convention Center

Mon, 26 May 2008 11:13:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Location The Comfort Inn Convention Center, as this hotel is apparently officially called, is on West 36th St in Manhattan, between 9th and 10th Ave. The location is very convenient for many midtown attractions - within a 5-10 minute walk are...

Star Princess Western Caribbean April 2007

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:42:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - This is a review of a 7-day Western Caribbean cruise out of Fort Lauderdale on the Star Princess in April 2007. Embarkation We arrived at the port around 1:45 pm. The Fort Lauderdale port has a lot of docks, and there were several...

A small, but spacious hatchback that drives extremely well

Tue, 7 Jun 2005 22:44:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Looking for a new car... My wife and I were looking for a new car that would accommodate five passengers in reasonable comfort, including two children in car seats and one adult on the back seat. This implied that the back seat leg and hip room...

Top of the line big-tube HDTV

Fri, 7 Jan 2005 23:10:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - It's BIG The first thing to be aware of about this set is that it's very big, bulky and heavy. It weighs around 200 pounds, and it is over 23 inches deep. Compared to an old-style TV it may seem even deeper because it has a rather thin front...

Fairfield Inn: Marriott's way of cutting corners

Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:13:57 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Location The Fairfield Inn Buffalo/Williamsville is located right by the New York Thruway, next to the Route 78 (Transit Road) exit. It sits right next to and across from several other hotels. Transit Road has lots of shops of all kinds (over a...

Great suite hotel that makes you feel at home

Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:26:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - NOTE: This is a review of the Summerfield Suites Hotel in Waltham (near Boston), and it used to be categorized as such. I just noticed that this review now shows up as a review of the completely unrelated Mosser Hotel in San Francisco (?). This is...

The smokiest "non-smoking room" ever

Mon, 9 Aug 2004 13:03:14 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - The Red Roof Inn at the Allentown/Bethlehem airport is conveniently located on Airport Rd South off Hwy 22 - right next to an outdoor shopping mall with a supermarket, several restaurants and even a pretty good 16-screen multiplex. I've stayed at...

Good dishwasher with a few flaws

Sun, 6 Jun 2004 22:12:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Shopping for a dishwasher The dishwasher that came with our house was about 14 years old and recently started making grinding noises that progressively got worse. My wife and I decided that repairing it would probably not make much sense...

A compact parallel print server for people who know what they are doing

Sat, 28 Feb 2004 22:35:37 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Choosing a print server The main purpose of a print server is to allow you to connect to a printer from several computers without having to switch cables. It is possible to simply set up one of the computers as a print server. However, this...

good heating solution for certain purposes

Tue, 13 Jan 2004 17:51:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Need and purpose We live in the Northeast and have central heating in our house. Last winter, in our old house, the heating failed twice (the second failure apparently caused by an installation error in fixing the first failure). We were lucky...

eWiz.com: lowest price, fast shipping: smooth transaction

Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:34:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - I was shopping for a print server and used the Epinions price comparison to identify the lowest price for it. I typed in my zip code and sorted the results by lowest total price (including shipping and tax). I had done this on other occasions, but...

Bogus Beyond Belief

Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:44:38 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - There are a lot of reviews of this movie already, so why write another one? Well, I was really annoyed by it. The plot in a nutshell: A former priest (Mel Gibson), who lost his wife in a car accident and consequently lost his faith, lives with his two...

Powerful dehumidifier - perhaps more power (and noise) than you may need

Sun, 27 Jul 2003 20:05:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - The Problem As summer progressed our basement was becoming noticeably damp, even to the po...

Great electric mulching mower

Sun, 1 Jun 2003 17:52:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Assembly

The Lawn Hog MM575 comes mostly pre-assembled. The handles come in two pieces which have to be attached to each other and then snapped into the back of the mower. The assembly is entirely tool-free, which is nice. Altogether...

Powerful little machine

Sun, 2 Mar 2003 14:19:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Assembly

The Toro 1800 comes mostly preassembled. Only the handles have to be pushed together and then fastened with screws (getting a screw past the power cord that is integrated in one handle is not so easy) and the throw chute has to...

Lots of space

Sun, 17 Nov 2002 13:55:32 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Residence Inn

Residence Inns (part of Marriott) are all-suite hotels with full kitchens. We stayed at the Residence Inn International Drive for a week earlier this month (Nov 02). We got a two-bedroom suite to accommodate four adults...

By film makers for film makers?

Sun, 22 Sep 2002 13:14:48 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - "CQ" is about an American wannabe film maker who lives in Paris with his French girl friend. She is reasonably good-looking and seems nice enough, but he isn't all that interested in her, although he does include scenes of her lying naked on the bed in...

A must-read for anybody who wants to discuss Islam

Sun, 8 Sep 2002 15:45:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Background

This book was published in 1995, motivated by the ongoing Rushdie affair. It does not deal with Islamic terrorists or Al Qaeda, but with Islam and its history in general. The author, Ibn Warraq, was raised as a Muslim in a...

Citadines Holborn Covent Garden: An Ok London Apartment Hotel

Sun, 21 Jul 2002 17:56:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - The Apartment Hotel Concept

The "Citadines Apart'hotel Holborn-Covent Garden" (that's apparently the official name) is an "apartment hotel" that consists of around 150 studio and 40 one-bedroom apartments. As far as I understand,...

Amsterdam Hotel: Beware of the mattress

Sat, 20 Jul 2002 13:12:25 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Location

The Amsterdam Hotel (http://www.amsterdam-hotel.com) is very conveniently located in Earl's Court, a residential neighborhood west of the center of London that has many hotels in the low to medium price range. Earl's Court is...

The Lowdnes, a Hyatt Hotel: If only the rooms were bigger...

Sun, 14 Jul 2002 20:28:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Location

The Lowndes Hotel is located in Belgravia/Knightsbridge, just a few minutes' walk from Harrods. This is one of London's most expensive neighborhoods, and hotels in this area are generally pricey, too. Apart from the shops,...

Why do they keep making the same kinds of movies?

Sun, 9 Jun 2002 13:56:42 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - I had read the two- or three-sentence summary of this movie on the back of the video cassette and thought "Oh well, I'm sure Bruce Willis will fill in the gaps with a lot of funny lines and some good action sequences."

Alas, he did not. The...

Nice collection of colorful games

Sun, 5 May 2002 20:02:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Looking at reviews of children's games, I came across this one which my daughter already has (in the CD-ROM version for a PC). I was very surprised to read in the only previous review that this game is supposedly so easy and presents no real challenges...

A book that engages in precisely what it accuses others of doing

Sun, 28 Apr 2002 16:17:05 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - I bought this book because I saw it recommended in completely neutral ways in at least two different places that usually recommend interesting and high-quality books related, in some way or another, to science. None of the summaries I saw mentioned the...

A really weird musical

Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:32:25 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gw0143 - Given that there are already so many reviews of this movie, I'd like to just focus on a few points I found noteworthy.

1) This is supposedly (and I think this was meant seriously) a movie "about love". But Christian (McGregor) falls in love...